David Bolt (bowls)
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Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sunderland | 23 December 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn / indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Silksworth BC South Shields IBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Bolt (born 1973) is an English male lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career[]
Bolt is an England international[1] and was the National singles champion in 2011 and National fours champion in 2014 during the Men's National Championships.[2]
In 2016, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title and the following year finished runner-up in the pairs with .[3]
He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] [5] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with Jamie Chestney, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.[6] [7]
In 2019 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8] and in 2021 was runner-up to Sam Tolchard in the National singles.[9]
Personal life[]
Bolt was a postman by trade but set up a bowls shop business at the South Shields Bowling Centre in 2016.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Bowls England men's senior international team". Bowls International. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ^ "Bowls: City star David Bolt lands deserved Commonwealth Games call-up". Sunderland Echo.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls England National Finals 2021". Bowls England. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Bowls star hoping business venture will be just champion". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- English male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls